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Editor’s Note

“Vincit Qui Pati tur”

The above-menti oned Lati n phrase istrati on. When the second semes-
has an English translati on that says, ter began, we bargained to release
“he conquers who endures.” Att rib- Dapitan, the Flame’s literary folio, to
uted to the Roman poet Persius, this exhibit the literary contributi ons of
remark says much about success as students and veteran writers alike.
an off shoot of constant persistence As for this last issue, we wanted to
and dedicati on. make it diff erent from the fi rst three
With much convicti on, I can say issues we released so we decided to
that this quote perfectly manifests make a magazine that chronicles the
what the Flame has gone through events that happened from October
this academic year. Aft er years of to January. We also included Univer-
being in hiatus and becoming a year- sity-wide celebrati ons to incorporate
ender publicati on, the present staff the closing of UST’s quadricentennial
managed to break this monotonous anniversary in this magazine special.
cycle and revivifi ed the publicati on The same secti ons are featured
with the issues we released. in this issue, Scenes for News; Issues
I must admit, everything that hap- for Special Reports; Perspecti ve for
pened this year was experimental in Opinion; Faces for Features; and Let-
nature. Reviving the Flame, which ters for Literary. Aside from this, we
was then a fl icker from being exti n- added another secti on that features
guished, required testi ng the waters the diverse traditi on and multi -fac-
and taking all the risks in the midst of eted customs of Artlets—the Culture
uncertainti es. secti on.
During the fi rst semester, we re- Lastly, in order to compensate for
leased three consecuti ve issues for the regular issues we were supposed
the months of July, August, and Sep- to release but were not allowed to
tember. We were supposed to con- do so, we increased the number of
ti nue releasing on a monthly basis stories featured in our regular sec-
but we were noti fi ed by the Faculty ti ons.
administrati on to limit our release With all of the challenges we
into four issues per academic year. faced just to revive the publicati on,
The news, of course, saddened we remained true to our responsibil-
the publicati on. We initi ally took the ity as campus journalists and valued
directi ve as a form of restricti on to work not because of the monetary
limit our responsibility to inform the allowance we get, but because of the
Arts and Lett ers (Artlets) community. fulfi llment we acquire in chronicling
To express our dismay, we thought events concerning the Faculty.
of not releasing anything for the sec- Reiterati ng what Persius said, he
ond semester, but aft er pondering who endures eventually succeeds
and carefully assessing the situati on, in his endeavors. Congratulati ons to
we were reminded of our responsi- the editorial staff of the Flame ’11-
bility to keep the Artlets community ‘12 for a job well done in reviving and
informed and updated on important preserving the honor of our publica-
issues. ti on.
Brought by this, the Editorial Congratulati ons as well to my
Board decided to release this fi nal fellow seniors! May the lessons we
issue to maximize the total number learned in the walls of Santo Tomas
of issues allott ed to us by the admin- aid us in all of our future endeavors.

Jennif
Jennifer M. Orillazaer M. Orillaza
Editor in Chief ’11-‘12 Editor in Chief ’11-‘12
The Flame
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